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My Experience...

Ever since about ten years ago when I was around ten years old, I have been in love with 67-72 Chevy trucks. It all started with a beat up truck my father bought for the fenders to replace the tired iron on his old 72 Custom Deluxe C-20 plow truck. When my sister saw it, she knew it had to be her first truck. Many months later, and many hours of applying body filler, welding up holes, and building an engine too powerful for a teenage driver it was road worthy. I'll never forget riding in that truck before he handed it off to my sister. It wasn't a show truck, and it wasn't fast, but "Butter Cup" sure felt (and sounded!) like a hot rod.

Fast forward a decade or so...Butter Cup has been long gone for years now. After several crashes, repairs, and engine swaps it moved onto new owners. So, the beginning of last winter I spotted a 1970 Custom Sport Truck for sale. It was rough, had poorly done bodywork, yet I knew it had potential. Needless to say I have way too much money and time into this "Bondo baby", but I can't imagine ever selling it. After a summers work buying parts and shaping filler, it was finally finished just before fall (Thanks to the helping and skilled hands of my father), and I enjoyed every minute of driving before the snow flew.

Basic Information

Helpful GM Info and Links

There is plenty of extremely valuable information out there on these old trucks, so let me introduce you to some of it.

First, you're probably going to want to know a little about these trucks before. This is one resource I really enjoy whenever I am curious about what the difference between the 67-68-69-70-71-72 trucks are. (Credit goes to Johnny M. Patterson for this very helpful information.)

Differences
Link for information about Chevrolet differences.

Link for information about GMC differences.

Now, Wikipedia needs to be taken with a grain of salt, but I believe that it has some useful information.

Now, possibly the most valuable piece of information I can think of is an online forum I have come to love. It doesn't matter if you have a simple question or something most mechanics wouldn't know. Chances are the folks on this site probably will.

Forum

That link is for "The Online Resource for 1947-Current Chevrolet and GMC Trucks since 1997" and their slogan holds true. I really don't think my truck would have been finished using correct methods, or even completed without them.

Here is a useful link for some common frequently asked questions pertaining to 67-72 GM Trucks

This site has tips and tutorials from swapping out your gauge bulbs with LEDs to routing exhaust. There really isn't a topic neglected.

Parts Sites:
There are certain joys that the classic truck enthusiast experiences when buying parts, but unfortunately the hit to the pocketbook isn't one.

Regardless, ya gotta do what ya gotta do. Here are some cool places that are fun to shop.

LMC Truck
These guys seem to carry mostly cosmetic and interior parts to really make your truck pop.

Classic Parts of America
Carry a lesser selection of cosmetic parts, but still have a huge selection of beauty and body parts.

eBay

eBay is usually my go to place for buying restoration or OEM parts. No one else has the variety of hard to find parts or common reproductions. This is where I ordered my LED taillights, my f/r side markers, rocker panels, sill plates, dash bezel, dome light, NOS gas tank gasket, leds...I could go on and on.